Les Epargues 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
M(L)6060 (ex-Les Epargues), 1.1944- SG25 | A C de la Bretagne, Nantes, France | 1918 | 9.1919 | 1919 // 5.1943 | fire 1.3.1944, never repaired, scuttled 3.8.1944 |
Displacement standard, t |
644 |
Displacement full, t |
850 |
Length, m |
72.0 wl 74.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
8.71 |
Draught, m |
3.20 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Parsons steam turbines, 2 Normand boilers |
Power, h. p. |
5000 |
Max speed, kts |
19 |
Fuel, t |
oil 200 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(11) |
Armament |
unknown |
Complement |
100 |
Project history: Former French 1st class aviso of Amiens class, scuttled at Toulon 27/10./942, salvaged by Germans in December, 1942 and commissioned as minesweeper M6060 5.5.1943. Early 1944 she was converted to fast escort SG25.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: SG25 1.3.1944 was damaged by a fire and never repaired, 3.8.1944 she was again scuttled at Toulon.
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